Suction-cleaner.



F. A. ENGLISH. SUCTION CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MARJI, 1911.

Patented Dec.

F. A. ENGLISH.

SUCTION CLEANER.

APPLICATION 11.11]: MAR.11, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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"UNI ED, STATES. PATENT orricn FREDERICK A. ENGLISH, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR. TO BIRTMAN'ELECTRIC 1 COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,A CORFORATION OFILLlNOIS.

SUCTION-CLEANER.

Application filed March 11, 1911.

To aJZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A.

ENGLISH, a citizen of the United States,

a motor operates a fan or blower to suck through a tube dust and otherforeign matter from carpets, floors, furniture and other articles orfurnishings in rooms and hallways of buildings; and it relates, moreparticularly stated, to the construction of the suction-tube to rendenit adjustable for a apting its head-carrying end to be readily appliedby. the person handling the tube to out-of the-way places, such as thetops of moldingsfthe floors beneath beds and couches, andthe like, andthus render such places conveniently accessible.

Additional features of. improvement are hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken view in sideelevation of the dust-tube of my improved construction;

' Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showmg one ad ustment of theflexible section of the tube; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same,showing another adjustment and demonstrating a purpose thereof; Fig.4 isan enlarged section on line 4:, Fig. 1; Fig. is a broken view of thetube in longitudinal sectional elevation, showing the sight-glassfeature; Fig. 6 shows the'sight-glass by a plan view, and Fig. '7 is a,section on line 7, Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a broken view showing thesuction-head or nozzle in rear elevation, and Fig. 9 shows the same by aface-view.

The tube 10 is formed of metal with a flexible section 12, which may bebraided wire or other, preferably elastic, hose on its distal end and towhich the suction-head 14 is fastened at a socket 13 thereon, the headbeing of the shape illustrated, or of any other suitable shape. Arod-15, which may be of metal, and hollow for lightnes is pivotallyconnected at one end to the under edge of the head, as shown at 16, andextends therefrom along the tube through guide-loops "17-,at intervalsthereon, the

rea-rmost one of which loops carries a setscrew 18 to bear against therodand secure it 1n its retracted position. To use :my improvedsuct1on-tube it is connected at its rear end, as usual, with aSpecification of Letters Patent. P tented Dec. '19, 1911'; '4

Serial No. 613,941 1 dust receptacle, such as that commonly "provided inthe upper part-of thecasing of an ordinary portable suction-cleanercontainf ing a motor and a fan or blower. With th motor in action, theuser of the ap t rp e the head 14 to or moves it along the surface to becleaned. To adapt the head to be applied to a ceiling, the flexiblesection 12 may be adjusted, by properly moving the rod'l5 lengthwise inits guides and fastening it by the set-screw 18, to extend in line, orapproximately in line, with =the rod. By releasing the rod and drawingit backwardly to any desired extent, the flexible section is bent intogoose-neck form to extend the head 14 at any requiredangle relative tothe tube, thereby to adapt it to be applied by the user to the upperside of molding 19 high up on a wall 20, as indicated in Fig. 3, or toany otherwise inconveniently accessible elevated surface or object in aroom, requiring to-be cleaned. 1

prefer to form the tube with a rotatablyadjustable, rear section21jcoupled- "to the main section to deflect it from the straight line ofthe latter, whereby turning the section 21 to extend its deflectedportion 'up.

wardly, as represented in Fig. 2, adapts the head with the flexiblesection12 bent into the condition shown in that figure, to be insertedunder a bed, couch or the like for cleaning the floor thereunder Withoutre-,

quiring the operator to stoop for the purpose. The tube=sect1on 21, asshown in F 1g. 5, 1s telescopically connected at its forward end withthe rear end of the main tube 10 to be rotated at that section 21 whereit is more convenient, in the more ordinary condit on of the tube 10 foruse, to the observation of the operator. 1 The head "14 may bepermanently fes tened in'place on the flexible tube-section 12; andsince it is desirable "to use, for

different purposes, heads having inlet-open- .7 ings of different shapesandareas, I adapt.

the head 14 to have detachably fastened to it such other heads. To thisend I provide jaws 24 and 25 (Fig. 9) diagonally oppo site each other onthe front and rear edges near the ends of the face of the head to adaptsuch another head, fitting fiatwise against it and provided withsiniilarjaws to register with the jaws 24, 25, to be readily fastened to it, asby means of bolts releasably confined in the registering jaws.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. Incombination, a suction-cleaner dusttube comprising a rigid tube, asection of flexible hose on the 'forward end of said tube, and asuction-head connected with the advance-end of said section, and meansfor bending the hose-section and securing it in different positionsrelative to the rigid tube, for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, a suction-cleaner dusttube comprising a rigid tube, asection of flexible hose on the forward end of said tube and asuction-head connected with the advance-end of said section, aguide-loop on said tube provided with a set-screw, and a rod connectedwith said head and extending lengthwise of the tube through said loop,for the purpose set forth.

In presence of J. GLANDERSON,

OTTILLE 0. Athens.

